The Institute for Figuring states, "The Great Barrier Reef, one of the acknowledged wonders of the natural world, stretches along the coast of Queensland, Australia in a riotous profusion of color and form unparalleled on our planet. But global warming and pollutants so threaten this fragile monster, that scientists now believe the reef may be dead in 30 years. In homage to the great one, the Institute For Figuring has undertaken to crochet a handmade reef. This wooly testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world duplicates the strange hyperbolic geometry of the oceanic realm."

I really enjoy seeing crochet used for artistic and sculptural purposes.